Eating supper by (oil) lamplight and reading by flashlight, courtesy of a 2 hour power outage last night. Call me crazy, but I enjoyed it. It seemed like a return to the "old ways." The family all gathered in one room, but employed in their singular occupations. Sure, The Little Bro was studying on a laptop, but the concept was the same! Eating...
The New Kid comes up to me before youth group last night."Amethyst*, what's a ministry?"So I explained it."Do you understand now?" I said."Yeah," he nodded. "I like your shirt."What? Haha. Okay then. Gotta love youth group. ...
Bright and whiteAgainst the blacknessMorning by nameEvening by sightHe fights to remainThis crusader of lightThrough the passage of timeA moon's journey goes on...Golden faceWarmed by invisible raysMidnight seemsa distant memory Black becomes beautyDark finds its way to mysteryThe moon is cradledBy azure blue...Bronzed faceIn a teary daybreak hazeThe moon is a manOvercome by sadnessSinking down to kiss the mountainsBittersweet farewell, as Moonset greets...
"Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, `Come immediately and sit down to eat'? "But will he not say to him, `Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink'? "He does...
By the grace of God, nobody got hurt today... well, unless you count a couple scrapes and bruises from climbing rocks on steep trails and diving during Ultimate Frisbee onto sand. And because of that, I count it as a successful day! The youth group (and me, of course) went to a state park full of waterfalls, but to see those waterfalls requires...
"Why haven't you blogged lately?" The Mom asked me last night.Good question. Maybe because I have too much to blog about and I'm so obsessed about "matching" (yes, you can laugh now) that I only want one subject per post. Maybe because I've used my usual blogging time to research the family vacation to Maine. Maybe I'm concerned about being "self-absorbed" in blogging."The...
It is raining. Hahaha. Now I don't have to wash my car! :)"...Bring me anything that brings You glory,And I know there'll be days,When this life brings me pain.But if that's what it takes to praise You,Jesus, bring the rain."-MercyMeThese lyrics have been running through my mind lately. As humans, we naturally desire a nice life. Something comfortable and pleasant. But that's not...
That's my new favorite word. If only I had more opportunities to use it in conversation! :)The last week has been interesting. Last Friday & Saturday, The Mom and I put up insulation in the apartment. Yes, by ourselves. We did an entire wall, the loft and the cathedral ceiling. Yeah, you should be impressed. We were born in the wrong time period-we...
